Ironing-machine.



PATBNTED JULY l()i N306.

W. E. Mmmm'i IRONING MCHIE.

APPLIGATMLHLED nov. 2, :ses4

preaches either of-the extreme positions the spring must yield, and hence increase the pressure unless provision is made for raising the abutment against which its up er end is seated. Such provision is lmade by giving the head 25 an oscillating movement in unison with the rocking movement of theiron- As a convenient means for connecting the f pitman 36 withl the arms 33 and 44, there is shown a block 48, with the lower end of which the pitman 36 is in threaded ,enga ement. The upper end of the block` 48 is ifurcated, the arm 33 entering its slot and being secured by means of a (pivot-pin 49. (Shown in Fig. 4.) A threade eycbolt 50 is pivoted at 51 within the slot of the block 48 above the point of attachment of the arm 33, the upper end of the eyebolt being in threaded engagement with a knuckle 52, pivotally attached to the lever 44 by a in 52". The threaded engagement of the pitman 36 with the block 48 and of the eyebolt 50 with the knuckle 52 admits of a suitable adjustment to bring the several parts of the mechanism into pro er relation. The pivot-pin 49 is projected aterally beyond the b ock 48, as shown at 53, and carries a roller 54, running in a slot 55 in the side Wall of the standard 10, this slot bein slightly curved in order to communicate a ongitudinal movement to the ironin -tool as it rocks.

The tab e having been raised into engagement with the ironing-tool, this movement effecting a suiiicient compression of the springr 42 to provide the, necessary pressure upon the work, the rocking action of the tool is cffected b setting the shaft 88 in motion, and the hea ,25 is caused to oscillate in unison Ywith the tool, thereb5r raising and lowering pivot ally attached to the tool and slidable within the sleeve; an expansion spring mounted upon the rod and reacting between abutments carried, res ectively, by the head and by the ironing-too and means for rocking the head and the ironing-tool simultaneously.

2. In an ironing-machine, in combination, a rocking ironing-tool; an expansion-spring bearing on the back of the tool an adjustable abutment against which the spring reacts; means for rocking the ironing-tool; and means for shifting the adjustable abutment simultaneously and correspondingly with the movement of the ironing-tool to maintain a uniform spring tension.

3. In im ironing-machine, in combinationl a curved-faced ironing-tool an arm projecting from the tool; an oscillatory head havinfl a segmental rack; a lever having a segments rack in mesh with the rack on the head; a reci rocatory pitman connected with the arm ofpthe ironing-tool and the lever; a sleeve pivotallv attached to the head; a rod pivotally attached to the ironing-tool and slida'ble in the sleeve; and an expansion-spring reacting between the ironing-tool and the sleeve.

4. ln an ironilig-machine, iu combination, a curved-faced ironing-tool; an arm projecting from the tool: an oscilhitorj. houd havin f a segmental rai-k; a lover havingr a segmentail rack in mesh with the rack on the head; a reciprooatory pitman connected with ihc arm of the ironing-tool and the lever nd being adjustable with reference to one of such members; a. sleeve pivoially attached to the head a rod pivot all)r attached to the ironingtool and slidable in the sleeve: and an expansion-spring rear-ling between the ironing-tool and thi` sleeve.

5. ln an ironing-machine.` in combination, a vertically-movable ironing-table g a suspended ironing-tool having a curved face and normally occupying a lower lane than the leve'l'of the table when the ta le is in its ele` vated osition; an oscillatable head; a sleeve pivote jly'attachcd to the head; a rod pivoted to the ironin 7-tool and slidable through the sleeve; a hea at the upper'end ot the rod for engaging the sleeve: an expansion-spring on the rod and reactinlr between the ironingtool and the oscillatailc head; and means for simultaneously and uniformly oscillatingthe head and rocking the ironing-tool.

WILLIAM E. AND'RE.

Witnesses: f

lioms lx'. GILLsoN, Cuantas l. GiLLsoN.

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